Given that they've already indicted Rep. LaMonica McIver and are openly discussing stripping Zohran Mamdani of citizenship & deport him, this is a very real & chilling possibility. No need to fuck w/the election itself when you can simply remove the candidates you don't like from the equation.
Isn’t this just what’s happening in Turkey right now? Arresting mayors who could be competition? It’s chilling.
I also see this (perhaps more so) as a threat/warning to voters of color without the media attention.
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There's also this...the real threat could very well be AFTER the election. Look what they did in the North Carolina supreme court race, where Allison Riggs had to wait 6 months to take office. bsky.app/profile/husk...
It’s will come on multiple fronts. Buying votes. Suppressing votes Legal challenges Gerrymandering And if it looks like they lose Congress, pass an act allowing the dictator to make laws. (See Enabling act of 1933, Germany)
Having said that: Again, there are organizations doing what they can to prevent/fight back against things like this as well, and they should absolutely be supported...but we still need to WIN those races first!
Many thanks to you—and everyone who contributes—for diving in this year to help win special elections and other contests—including the New Jersey and Virginia elections this fall (2025). Musk’s defeat in Wisconsin made a difference. Hoping to do as well or even better in VA and NJ.
As I was saying… bsky.app/profile/poli...
Feels like we're pretty much just counting down...
It's infectious.
They still have "elections" in Russia. Putin just gets to pick all the candidates.
That's why I always specify "liberal democracy" as opposed to "managed democracy."
Russia has "elections", too.